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Photographic portrait of William Lofland Dudley. William Lofland Dudley earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Cincinnati in 1880. He earned an honarary degree of Doctor of Medicine at Miami Medical College in 1885. Dudley became…

George Canby Robinson served as dean of the Vanderbilt Medical School during its growth and expansion in the 1920s. Dr. Robinson is credited for establishing the new Vanderbilt as one of the foremost medical training facilities of its time.For more…

Dr. Ernest Goodpasture (1886-1960) was a Vanderbilt pathologist, best known for his method of growing uncontaminated viruses in chick embryos. During his early years at Vanderbilt, Dr. Goodpasture and his associates carried out studies that laid the…

Photographic portrait of John B. Youmans. John B. Youmans (1893-1979) was a physician, teacher, researcher, and author. He received his M.S. from the University of Wisconsin in 1916 and his M.D. from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in…

In 1924, Waller Leathers was recruited by Dean G. Canby Robinson to head the Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Dr. Leathers then succeeded Dr. Robinson as Dean in 1928 and served in this…